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Oct 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011epsc.conf..604d&link_type=abstract
EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011, held 2-7 October 2011 in Nantes, France. http://meetings.copernicus.org/epsc-dps2011, p.604
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We present 2009-2010 movies from the Cassini camera showing Saturn's aurora in both the northern and southern hemispheres. The observations reveal reddish color of the aurora observed in filters spanning different wavelengths from 250 nm to 1000 nm. The prominent H-alpha line and the overall spectral shape agree with predicted spectra for Saturnian auroras [1]. Two 400+ frame movies, one in the northern hemisphere from October 5-9, 2009, and the other in the southern hemisphere from June 26, 2010, show the aurora varying dramatically with longitude and rotating together with Saturn. The main longitudinal structure of the aurora can persist for ~3 days, as seen on the repeated views of the same longitudes several Saturn rotations later. Besides the steady main structure, aurora may brighten suddenly on the timescales on the order of 10 minutes. Near the limb the height of the auroral curtains above its base can be measured; this height can reach more than 1200 km. The main auroral oval in the northern hemisphere appears near 75° latitude. The main auroral oval in the southern hemisphere appears near -72° latitude, with smaller instances of auroral activity near -75° and -77°. The stability of the longitudinal structure of the aurora allow us to estimate its period of rotation to be 10.65 +/- 0.05 h, which is consistent to the SKR period detected by Cassini in 2009. These periods are also close to the rotation period of the lightning storms on Saturn. We will discuss those periodicities and their relation to Saturn's rotation.
Dyudina Ulyana
Ewald Shawn P.
Ingersoll P. A. P. A.
Porco Carolyn C.
Wellington Danika
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